Not literally.

By default the P2P thing fires up automatically and starts downloading/uploading without warning. Had it on my laptop and wondered what the f**k had happened to my bandwidth. There's no obvious way to turn it off either.

Only installed it because Mrs Yarmy wanted to watch a couple of Houses we'd missed on our Spag Bols.

Posted By: yarmyyarmy on August 27th 2009 at 09:35:55

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The volume control on the BBC iPlayer goes up to eleven. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 09:10:10
- i think Stonehenge has just been built (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 27, 09:43:57
- On a similar subject (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 27, 09:29:39
  - "system-infecting" - how so? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 09:31:30
    - Not literally. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 27, 09:35:55
      - Last 4-5 episodes of House season 5 is up there with some of the best telly (General Chat) - pants, Aug 27, 10:23:16
        
        Which is series 5? Amber and Wilson and the bus crash? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 10:29:30
        
        it's related, and on a par with it (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Aug 27, 10:34:45
        
        Is that a "no"? Is the bus crash series 4 then? If so what's on Sky now must be series 5 (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 10:36:32
        
        You see, I *was* going to say that... (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 27, 10:39:46
        
        yeah bus crash is series 4 (General Chat) - pants, Aug 27, 10:37:48
        
        Righto. Mums the word then. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 10:38:50
        
        Have you not seen it? (General Chat) - pants, Aug 27, 10:40:00
        
        Nope, only seen what's been on Sky so far (apart from last Sunday's: still got that on plu (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 10:46:09
        
        House is ace (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 27, 10:27:54
        
        Part of the beauty is that 75% of the time it's the same episode every week. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 10:31:45
        
        That accent is astonishing. (n/m) (General Chat) - sheffieldcanary, Aug 27, 11:10:19
      - *Frowns in puzzlement*- (General Chat) - DNB41, Aug 27, 09:49:15
        
        Ah (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 27, 10:03:06
      - ah yes, Kontiki or summat? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 27, 09:47:42
        
        That's the thing (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 27, 10:04:52
        
        can do, trouble then though (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 27, 10:32:24
        
        Aren't they still new? (n/m) (General Chat) - DNB41, Aug 27, 09:50:23
        
        this guide to removing Kontiki from Sky by Broadband is almost 4 years old (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 27, 09:55:21
        
        It's new to me. I don't get to hear about stuff like that till it's 5 or 6 years old, (General Chat) - DNB41, Aug 27, 09:57:38
      - Ah - I take it that's the "downloading programs" thing rather than the "streaming live tv" (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 09:39:51
        
        You might be able to answer this pens, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Aug 27, 09:48:55
        
        Yep. You'll need to set up a Sky Online account, or use hers if she already has one. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 10:04:10
        
        that's fine, they don't use sky on their computers', (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Aug 27, 10:12:38
        
        Well that's fucked it, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Aug 27, 10:15:15
        
        Mmm. The streaming thing uses Microsoft Silverlight. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 10:32:57
        
        I've got silverlight plug ins on my mac, so god only knows why, (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Aug 27, 10:39:03
        
        Oh. Well I don't know then. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 10:46:32
        
        It's all the DRM crap that's the real problem though (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 27, 10:35:25
- You have WAY too much time on your hands Mr AB (n/m) (General Chat) - DNB41, Aug 27, 09:22:20
  - I just noticed when I whacked the volume up to listen to some wireless from last night. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Aug 27, 09:26:15
- wahoo! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Aug 27, 09:13:33

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